Hermantown Police Department

Mission

It is the mission of the Hermantown Police Department to protect life, liberty, and property without prejudice or bias. We shall be a Department in which each officer embraces integrity and professionalism while enforcing the laws of our country, state, and city. It is through our commitment to community and duty that we shall provide this exemplary level of service to the citizens of Hermantown. Our official website is: http://www.hermantownmn.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={CFB177D3-E6F0-449F-9AA5-711E4A568F51}

All members of the Police Department are committed to establishing and maintaining close ties to the community, which includes identifying and responding to community needs. The Department acknowledges that our relationship with the community through social media plays an integral part in our community relations and we intend to provide information to the community through social media.

The Department maintains a Facebook page for the purpose of sharing information with the public, which is a moderated online discussion site and is not a public forum. The Chief shall determine those persons in the Department who shall be allowed to create posts on the Department’s Facebook page.

The Department is not responsible for, and neither endorses nor opposes, comments posted on the Department’s Facebook page. Commenters are personally responsible for their own comments or information placed on the Department’s Facebook page.

The Department will not edit comments or block individuals from posting. However, the Department reserves the right to remove comments, which include but are not limited to the following:

Obscenity;
Child Pornography;
Fighting words;
True threats;
Defamation;
Speech harmful to children;
Promotion or advertisement of a business or commercial transaction;
Promotion in favor of or in opposition to a candidate campaigning for elective office; or
Copyrighted material if posted without the proper authorization.

Pursuant to the Minnesota Data Practices Act and the Hermantown Police Department Data Practices Procedures, only public information may be posted on social media. Furthermore, postings on social media that are deemed to be records shall be retained pursuant to the Records Retention Schedule.

Also, please keep in mind that this is an internet page on facebook.com. Facebook, Inc. owns and operates facebook.com. It has its own policies and standards concerning what may, and may not, be posted and the actions that it may take with regard to unauthorized posts. See “Facebook Community Standards” at www.facebook.com/communitystandards/.

The Department may also take steps to remove “robo spam” and/or comments by “social bots” (i.e. content posted by automatic software programs, or “bots”) if necessary to ensure access for the general public.

We respectfully request that commenters be mindful that this site is open to the public and that commenters be courteous and civil toward one another.

For accessibility assistance or any other questions regarding the operation of this online moderated discussion site, please contact Chief Crace, (218) 729-1200 or [email protected].

Please do not report emergencies or ask for assistance on this page. For police service call 911.